~Normal POV~

Ulrich snapped.

"What do you think you're doing, William?!" Ulrich snarled as he clenched his fist, his knuckles burned white as he glared at William.

William smirked as he released Yumi, "Too late, Ulrich Stern.. I already won."

Ulrich could not contain it anymore. He leapt towards William and executed a flying kick. Upon impact, William flew backwards and struck a tree. William groaned as he stumbled back up, but failed to do so and instead fall backwards. Seizing the opportunity, Ulrich dashed forward in an attempt to stomp William on his stomach.

"Ulrich, no!" Yumi forcefully tugged Ulrich's arms, preventing him from attacking William, "Get a hold of yourself! What's wrong with you?!"

"Let go of me!" Ulrich struggled.

"I'm alright, Yumi. Don't butt in, this is between me and Stern," William was back up on his feet. He took cautious steps towards Yumi and Ulrich as he didn't want to repeat what had happened.

Without warning, Ulrich jabbed Yumi in her stomach and broke free from her grasp. He then charged at William and grabbed him by his collar.

"You stole Yumi from me," Ulrich seethed in anger, "You kissed her. You treated her like she was yours." Ulrich spat out each word with venom. He could feel his hatred and anger rising as each seconds ticked by. He could feel all those hate he had for William waiting to explode into reality.

"You're right, she's mine,"

"Why you.." Ulrich threw a punch but William managed to dodge it.

"Don't listen to him, Ulrich! He's lying! I'm not with him!" Yumi was getting worried as she watched Ulrich attack William.

"Oh yeah? How can I believe you now?! I saw you kiss him. I saw you on a date with him," Ulrich's eyes flashed with hatred.

Yumi was bewildered by Ulrich's reaction. No.. That's not the Ulrich I know..Yumi thought to herself. She stared at Ulrich. She was right.. Ulrich has been blinded by hatred.

Ulrich threw another punch but this time, William turned the game around. William dodged aside and pinned Ulrich to a tree.

"Look. If you want to play it like this, then fine. I'm not going to show you any mercy," William glared back at Ulrich.

"No, William, don't! Ulrich's not himself!" Yumi tried to pry Ulrich from William's grip but failed. William was just too strong.

Turning on deaf ears, William ignored Yumi. He lifted Ulrich up, which he knew exactly what was going to 's eyesight wavered and blurred. His strength was slowly sapped away.. Damn.. How did he know my weakness? Ulrich was getting paler each moment. He began to breathe harshly. He tried to focus on William's face but to no avail. Darkness seeped into the corners of his eyes. No.. I can't blackout now… This is not the time! Ulrich screamed in his head. He tried summoning all his strength, but there were none left…

He fell limp onto the forest floor…


(Author's notes)

If you guys don't know, Ulrich's greatest weakness is vertigo (as shown in Episode 44 of Code Lyoko).